Yong Chu

NSLS-II HXN Beamline Group Leader, Photon Division

Yong Chu is a physicist in the Photon Science Directorate at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He is the group leader of the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN) Beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), responsible for design, construction, commissioning and operation of the HXN. Yong has 20 years of experience in x-ray science and instrumentation. Before joining the NSLS-II, he led development of Transmission X-ray Microscopy (TXM) capabilities at beamline 34-ID and X-ray diffraction microscopy capabilities at beamline 2-BM of the Advanced Photon Source. Yong’s scientific expertise includes X-ray microscopy, X-ray imaging, X-ray diffraction and high-precision instrumentation. Currently, his research focuses on development of ultra-high resolution microscopy capabilities for the HXN beamline and its scientific applications.